Cabling the server – Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4150 Server User Manual

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Sun Fire X4150 Installation Guide • January 2008

Cabling the Server

Connect the server power cables, and external cables in the following order:

1. Connect two grounded server power cords to grounded electrical outlets (1, 2).

Note –

Connect only one cable if your server does not have a redundant power

supply.

2. Connect the two server power cords to the AC power connectors on the back panel

of the server.

In standby power mode, the Power/OK LED on the front panel flashes, indicating

that the service processor

(SP)

is working as shown in

. At this point,

before

initial configuration, standby power is supplied only to the SP and power supply fans.

FIGURE 3-2

Front Panel

Power/OK LED

Note –

Do not push the Power button at this time. Do not apply main power to the rest

of the server until you are ready to install a platform operating system

3. Connect a serial null modem cable to the RJ-45 serial port (4).

See

for more information about viewing system output from a serial console.

4. Connect Ethernet cables to the Embedded LOM SP network management Ethernet

port (5).

5. Connect Ethernet cables to the RJ-45 LAN Gigabit Ethernet (LAN) connectors as

needed (6) for OS support.

6. Connect any additional external devices, as required, to the server’s USB (7)

and/or Video (8) connectors (optional).

7. Go to the next section and connect to the Embedded LOM SP.